[Jewelry making - Article 00561] - Re: [Orchid] Stone setting rant

[John Donivan]

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>     Trying to get everyone to "get the message" so that everything
>     flows nicely with minimal hassle is not an easy task 

    Yeah, Chris sounds like he didn't so much need advise as just "a
    rant", as he said. There's really two kinds of setters (those who
    think there are two kinds of people, and those who don't - I like to
    remember that). Like me - I'm a goldsmith who learned how to set
    mostly out of necessity and convenience, and I send out work that's
    over my head or that needs a finer touch. And then there are diamond
    setters (or stone setters, as they prefer) who mostly can't do much
    jewelry work beyond the setting part. Kind of like the punter on a
    football team - that's what they do. I charge double for fixing
    other people's mistakes or doing their job for them - no kidding.
    But a setter often doesn't have the luxury of being able to do that,
    because they don't know how in any real way. Some do and some just
    plain don't. The only solution when you're on the receiving end is
    to say, "This isn't ready yet, take it back and make it so.", but as
    Chris said that's not always so easy.... Anyway, just a bit of
    sympathy... 

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